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Centre for the Book

TIME : 2016/2/17 10:36:28

This grand domed Edwardian building first opened in 1913 as the headquarters of the now-defunct University of Good Hope. More recently it has become an annexe of the National Library of South Africa. Pop inside to admire its central reading room, which is also sometimes used for concerts.